Switch-box.



1. H. WILLIAMS. SWITCHIBGX.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.4| i913.

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Patented Dec. 7, 191.5.

UNITED STATES TENT JHN H. WIlaIall-llflS, OF EAST CLEVELAND, OHIO.

Application inea august a, 191e.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l., JOHN H. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and-State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Switch- Boxes, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained and the best mode inwhich I have contemplated applying that principle, so as to distinguish it from other inventions.

, The present invention consists in a switch box adapted to be inserted in a wall for the purpose of receiving the switch mechanism for. operating an electric light circuit.

My improved switch box is provided with some convenient and serviceable means fory the attachment of the box to the wall, suoli means giving greater ease and rapidity of installation. u

To the accomplishment of these and related ends said invention then consists of the means hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims. The annexed drawing and/the following description set forth in detail certain mechanism embodying the invention, such disclosed means constituting, however, but one ofvarious mechanical forms in which the principle of the invention may be used.

Figure l shows in perspective a View of the present typeI of box, togetherA with the attaching means for securing the same in the wall; Fig. 2 is asimilar view but showing my improved attaching plate in position for engagement with the laths; Fig. 3 is a similar view showing my attaching plate in position for engagement with a board; and Fig. 4 is a section on the line '5 5, Fig. a.

As will be seen in Fig. l, the switch box f consists of a box l, roughly rectangular in shape, open on one side and provided with partially stamped out portions 2 which leave apertures vwhen removed for the re- Specification of Letters Patent.

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2, in which position the device is adapten to v be secured to a lath. Upon one side of the plate isan upstanding lug l5 provided with two yapertures 16 for receiving suitable screws orjbolts for attaching the saine to a board or lath and upon the opposite side of the plate is a second lug 17 also apertured to receive the screw which passes through the cover plate. lt will be noticed that tween the apertures in the. larger lug is a third aperture 18 which is alined with the central aperture in the oppositely disposed lug 15 and serves the same purpose when the plate is in the position shown in Fig. 2. lt will be noticed that the buttons'y i3 placed at diagonally op o ite corners on the top and bottom of thellmsx, this' `ariai ment providing a stop which will te; securethe box in its proper position whe the tendency to move comes from the rig or the left. Another advantage secured by this arrangement is that either end of the box may be placed 11p-right as both ends are identical. rlhe advantages of my improved switch box are its simplicity and the fact that the attachment plate is permanently' and pivotally secured to the box.

Other modes of applying the principle of my invention may be employed instead of the one explained, change being made as regards the mechanism herein disclosed, provided the means stated by any of the following clainis or the equivalent of sach stated means be employed.

l therefore particularly point and dis y tinctlv claim as my invention l. rlllie combination with a switch box, ci;

,a universal engaging plate piiotally atbeing adapted to' engage with a single 'but Por 3. The Combination With a switch box, of

a universal engaging plate pivotally mounted upon either end of said box, and a button mounted on either end of said box to limit the pivotal movement of said plate, said two buttons being mounted upon diagonally opposite sides of the ends of said box.

Signed by me, this 2nd day of August,

JOHN H. WILLIAMS. Attested by H. B. FAY, JNO. F. OBERLIN. 

